swap_horiz The Black Six Alternatives

1

Death of a Snowman

Also released as *Soul Patrol*, this 1978 South African action film directed by Christopher Rowley blends blaxploitation...

Action Classic Crime Urban

6.6 Fair

2

Trouble Man

Trouble Man is Ivan Dixon's 1972 crime thriller starring Robert Hooks as fixer Mr. T, remembered for Marvin Gaye's self-...

Action Drama Detective Crime

6.5 Fair

3

Willie Dynamite

Willie Dynamite is a 1973 blaxploitation drama by Gilbert Moses, released in New York in 1974 as the first Zanuck-Brown...

Action Drama Crime 1974

6.2 Fair

4

Shaft (2000)

Shaft is a 2000 action thriller directed by John Singleton, starring Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft with Richard Roundt...

Action Crime 2000S Sequel

6.2 Fair

5

Gordon's War

Gordon's War is Ossie Davis's 1973 action film starring Paul Winfield as a Vietnam veteran fighting Harlem drug dealers...

Action Crime Revenge Veterans

6.0 Fair

6

Black Mama, White Mama

Black Mama, White Mama is Eddie Romero's 1973 women-in-prison film starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov, shot in the P...

Action International Female Lead Prison

6.0 Fair

7

The Slams

The Slams is a 1973 prison-action film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Jim Brown as a robber hiding stolen loot be...

Action Classic Crime 1970S

6.0 Fair

8

Hit!

Hit! is Sidney J. Furie's 1973 action thriller starring Billy Dee Williams as a federal agent targeting heroin trafficke...

Action Crime Thriller Drugs

5.8 Mediocre

9

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off is Gordon Douglas's 1973 sequel to Slaughter, starring Jim Brown opposite Ed McMahon, with music...

Action Crime Revenge Sequel

5.5 Mediocre

10

That Man Bolt

That Man Bolt is a 1973 Universal action film starring Fred Williamson as courier Jefferson Bolt, mixing blaxploitation,...

Action Crime Spy Martial Arts

5.5 Mediocre

11

Fight for Your Life

Fight for Your Life is a 1977 Robert A. Endelson exploitation thriller, notable as a UK video nasty built around a racis...

Action Crime Revenge Thriller

5.3 Mediocre

12

Joshua

Joshua is a 1976 blaxploitation Western directed by Larry G. Spangler, with Fred Williamson as an ex-Union soldier hunti...

Action Crime Revenge Western

4.9 Poor

13

Superfly T.N.T.

Superfly T.N.T. is Ron O'Neal's 1973 sequel to Super Fly, with O'Neal directing and reprising Youngblood Priest in Rome...

Action International Crime Sequel

4.8 Poor

14

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman is Henning Schellerup's 1973 action film starring Roger E. Mosley as a hitman posing as a Bapti...

Action Crime Church Drugs

4.8 Poor

15

Brotherhood of Death

Brotherhood of Death is a 1976 low-budget action film by Richard F. Barker and Bill Berry, featuring Washington Redskins...

Action Crime Revenge Veterans

4.5 Poor

16

Mean Johnny Barrows

Mean Johnny Barrows is a 1976 American crime drama directed by and starring Fred Williamson, notable as his self-directe...

Action Crime Revenge Veterans

4.5 Poor

17

Savage!

Savage! is Cirio H. Santiago's 1973 American-Philippines action film for Roger Corman's New World Pictures, starring Jam...

Action International Crime Thriller

4.0 Poor

18

No Mercy Man

The No Mercy Man is Daniel Vance's 1973 modern Western action film starring Steve Sandor and Rockne Tarkington, shot in...

Action Crime Thriller Veterans

3.8 Poor

19

Girls Are for Loving

Girls Are for Loving is Don Schain's 1973 sexploitation action film with Cheri Caffaro as Ginger McAllister, the third e...

Action Crime Spy Female Lead

3.8 Poor

20

Black Shampoo

Black Shampoo is a 1976 American blaxploitation and sexploitation film by Greydon Clark, recasting Shampoo around a Blac...

Action Drama Crime Revenge

3.8 Poor